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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:44
Take a walk through Nigeria’s commercial capital and expectation is heavy in the air. One hundred days after Muhammadu Buhari swept into power, becoming the first president to ever unseat an incumbent here, many citizens say they are seeing some significant improvements.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:41
The trial of former Chadian leader Hissène Habré resumed on Monday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, amid dramatic scenes that saw the accused carried into court and held down by masked security agents. Forcibly restrained, Habré, who is charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture during his rule from 1982 to 1990, repeatedly shouted “Shut up!” as the judge read out a list of names of his alleged victims.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:33
Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates bombed Shi'ite Houthi targets across Yemen Saturday, a day after at least 55 soldiers from a
Saudi-led coalition were killed in a rebel missile strike.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:24
Nearly one year after the horrific Ayotzinapa tragedy, the wounds left by the forced disappearance of forty-three students in Guerrero, Mexico, continue to fester.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:22
All across the country, the vote was held amid a climate of chaos and tension. In Chansolme, in Haiti's rural northwest, a polling place supervisor was forced to hide under a bed for hours after being threatened by armed bandits who needed his signature to officially endorse completed ballots that they had provided.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:19
The tumultuous political situation in Guatemala took yet another a surprising turn on Sunday when the country's voters headed to the polls to elect a new president.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:17
Leader of Colombian guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN), Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista “Gabino” and the country’s government are 90 percent close to starting peace talks, Prensa Latina reported.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:16
The United States Central Command is finalizing a report expected to conclude that for the second time since the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State began, a coalition airstrike has killed civilians, two defense officials told The Daily Beast.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:05
Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen's war ahead of a planned offensive against Iranian-backed Houthis holding the capital Sanaa.
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 07:51
The Moroccan Army will receive at least 50 second hand M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks from the United States under a Foreign Military Sales arrangement, as part of a commitment for 200 tanks.